7. Avatar (James Cameron, 18.12) – Even if Cameron would shoot 2 hours-worth of nothing, the movie would still be a huge hit (see Titanic). Imagine what would happen if the film was actually good. This one looks promising.

8. District 9 (Neill Blomkamp, no release date yet) – Ultra-weird internet-only teasers raised huge interest in this flick. Then the trailer came out and showed lots of promise. This could be more than weird. It could be good.

Well, for starters, because it’s an amazing show. Really interesting characters, superbly acted, and perfectly written. Once you get the first few episodes out of the way, you end up feeling like you know them personally. Last night, when James Cameron called Vince to offer him the lead role in his new movie, I was literally happy. And I don’t usually get really involved like this, but this show leaves me no choice.

Let’s see, what else. It’s a hilarious show, that welcomes you to the high-life world of a Hollywood star. I don’t think there’s any movie or tv show out there that gets you closer to all the madness. Guest stars pop in every ten minutes, playing themselves.

I can’t believe this show has been going on for so long and I just discovered it.

65.139 Romanians went to the cinema last weekend, to watch the new Ice Age flick. That means 474.798 USD obtained from ticket sales. That’s 3 times more than what Transformers 2 did in the debut weekend. That’s 7 times more than what Up – another 3D blockbuster animation – did in its first weekend, last month. And 8 times more than Monsters vs Aliens – yet another 3D animation released this year.

Coincidence? I don’t think so. Ice Age 3 is the first 3D animation distributed in our theaters in English, with subtitles. All the others were dubbed in Romanian. Now, imagine Sid, you know Sid, speaking in Romanian with a completely different voice. No wonder people would choose to stay home and watch the film on their laptops.

Hopefully this is a big fat lesson to all distributors in Romania. Dubbing is stupid, even for animations.